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哲理英语: Water Pots 两只水桶?? 2010-02-06 15:40:05|??分类： Stories |??标签： |字号大中小?订阅 Acknowledge them, and you too can be the cause of beauty. Know that in our weakness we find our strength. 承认自己的缺点，你也能创造美。在我们的薄弱之处将蕴涵着无穷的力量。 Water Pots A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots was perfectly made and never leaked. The other pot had a crack in it and by the time the water bearer reached his masters house it had leaked much of its water and was only half full. 有个挑水的印度人，在他肩头挑着的竹竿两头各挂着一个大水罐。其中一只水罐里面出现了裂缝，每天从水源回到主人家时，水罐中只剩下一半水了。另一只水罐完好无损，每次总能运送满满一罐水。 For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his masters house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you. 两年中，天天如此。挑水者都会运送一整罐水和半罐水去主人家。完好无损的水罐为能够出色完成任务，把自己的功用发挥得淋漓尽致而自豪。而有裂缝的水罐却为自己的缺陷和无能而感到羞愧。一天，当挑水者在水源打水时，有裂缝的水罐对他说:“我为自己感到羞愧，我想向你道歉。” Why? asked the bearer. What are you ashamed of? I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your masters house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you dont get full value from your efforts, the pot said. The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, As we return to the masters house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path. “为什么要道歉？” 挑水者问：“你羞愧什么呢？” “在过去的两年中，每天我只能运送半罐水，因为我身上的裂缝使你在回主人家的路上漏了一地。由于我的缺陷，虽然你付出了全部的劳动，却得不到全部的回报。”水罐解释说。 挑水者为这只水罐感到难过，他带着歉意说：“一会儿我们回主人家时，我想请你注意一下沿路美丽的鲜花。” Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot to